Steering a Landmark Litigation Settlement

Large technology companies face complex, multi-party litigation that can involve many state authorities at once. Negotiating a settlement requires tight coordination between litigation counsel, product teams and outside counsel, and AI tools are increasingly used to support legal work. 

A leading technology company was negotiating a landmark settlement with U.S. state attorneys general, its largest litigation globally. 

The company needed to: 

• Manage end-to-end settlement negotiations across many parties. 
• Coordinate litigation strategy counsel, product counsel, outside counsel and the product team concerned. 
• Prepare its negotiation strategy for other jurisdictions. 

Sia provided full deal and program management: 

• Program management: end-to-end management of the settlement negotiations. 
• AI-first processes: using a legal AI tool, alongside outside counsel, to support depositions, document review and live trial arguments. 
• Cross-functional coordination: across litigation strategy counsel, product counsel, outside counsel and the product team. 
• Operating model: daily reporting, standing meetings and escalation paths for fast lead-counsel decisions. 
• Rest-of-world strategy: a legal AI knowledge base that let counsel query previously negotiated terms and draft talking points, and support in shaping the approach for engagements with regulators in other jurisdictions. 

Multiple rounds of term sheets led to a signed, court-approved agreement. Sia then went on to support the company's negotiation strategy for the rest of the world. 

By combining program management discipline with AI-enabled legal operations, Sia helps companies steer their most complex negotiations.